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Quality of Life (HRQoL) of AIS Patients Who Require Bracing or Surgery Using SRS-22 Questionnaire

Recruitingn/aAges any - anyAllChinese University of Hong Kong
NCT03915106 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is an unexpected curvature of spine at teenage. AIS causes mainly unpleasant appearance, and sometime comes with pain and difficult to locate or move around. When the spinal curve, or "Cobb angle", increases with time, the investigators call it severe condition when the Cobb angle is 60 degrees or above. The severe suffering patients need to be operated to correct their spinal curve by using metallic rods and metallic screws (implants) to fix the spine. In order to avoid this surgery, the investigators use "brace", a hard fitting case, trying to control the spinal curve degree by using forces from outside. (bracing) to intervene the spinal curve progression is highly recommended for patients with particular clinical characteristics. However, bracing is not always a present experience apart from function restriction. Clinical recommendation requires t

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * AIS patients who attend the scoliosis clinic at specialized outpatient clinic in Prince of Wales hospital and require wearing brace, or patients who suffer from severe scoliosis and require surgery on their first clinic visit * Can read and understand either English or Chinese Exclusion Criteria: * To observe (i.e. not require to wear brace) after clinic visit * Cannot read or understand either English or Chinese
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What it tests

  • Brace
  • Surgical correction using implants
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Where

1 site
Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, Hong Kong
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